Governor Mitch Daniels will continue to promote an online college throughout the year, even as he's on the verge of becoming Purdue University's president in January.

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Gov. Mitch Daniels will continue to promote an online college throughout the year, even as he's on the verge of becoming Purdue University's president in January.

Daniels has been the face of Western Governors University since 2010, when he signed an executive order creating an Indiana branch. The college, where students and teachers interact only online, is geared toward working adults who don't have time for traditional classroom education.

"During the remainder of his term, Gov. Daniels will continue to speak supportively of WGU," his spokeswoman, Jane Jankowski, said. "Indiana ...